Fish-holder or bag-net.



No. 796,294. f A n PATBNTED AUG; 1, 1,905.

` E. w. CLARK.

FISH HOLDER 0R BAG NET. APPLICATION FILED DEO. 3, 1904.

Mm NH yf Wm mm EDWIN wALsToN CLARK, OE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

Y Specification of Letters Patent. i

`FlsH-l-loLDEE on BAG-NET.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.`

` `.Application led December 3, 1904. Serial o. 235,353.

To all whom it may concern,.-

Beit known that I, EDWIN WALSTON CLARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Holders or Bag-Nets;

and I do declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referenee marked thereon, Which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in fish holders or nets designed for attachment to a boat and so arranged that the netting will be allowed to drag in the water to keep the sh alive or dead iish fresh.

The invention consists in various details of construction and in Vcombinations and arrangements of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described and then specifically delined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figurel is a perspective view of my device shown as applied to the sternof a boat, and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail view of one of the I net-supporting members.

Reference now being Vhad to the-details' of the drawings by letter, A designates a clamp member having a screw B mounted in a threaded aperture therein, said screw being provided with a head yC and designed to coperate 'with the jaw A to afford means whereby the device may be clamped tothe side ofl a boat, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings. Said member A has. an aperture a formed therein, through which a rope may be passed, whereby said members may beheld by a person gripping the rope when the clamp-screws are released.

E designates a rod which is bent to form a bow and upon which the`netting F is mounted, and the ends of said rod are bowed at E', said bowed portion being held against the roof of the arch of thev member A, as shown clearly in Fig. 2 of the drawings, whereby the securely in a horizontal porod may be held sition.

In applying the device to a boat vthe clamping members are secured, as shown in Fig. 2, and the net may be held with a portion thereof extending down in the water, thereby providing means for keeping the fish alive or dead sh fresh.

While I have shown a particular construc-` tion of apparatus illustrating my invention, it will be understood that I may vary the details of the same, if desired, without in any way departing-from the spirit of the -invenf tion.

Having thus fully described'my invention,

what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A'iish-holder comprising clamping mennbers adapted to be fastened to a boat, a` rod secured to saidclamping members, and a net supported by said rod, as set forth.

2. Afish-holder comprising clamping members, screws carried thereby with heads, a rod bent to form a bow, and a net supported by said rod, the ends of said rod held by said members, as set forth.

3. A {ish-holder comprising clamping members designed to be held tothe edge of a boat and provided with arched portions, a rod bent'to form a bow, anet supported by said rod, the ends of said rod bent to form convexed portions which engage the. arches of said members, as set forth.

4. A fish-holder comprising clamping members having apertures therein, a rod secured to said members, a net supported by said rod, and a rope passing through said apertures and securedI to the members, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afliX my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN WALSTON CLARK. Witnesses:

J. JOSEPH CURRAN, P. J. LEISCH. 

